TEN ARTS STUDENTS RECEIVING 'OAKIES'.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA -- Ten arts students at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. will receive $1,000 scholarships from the Jack Oakie and Victoria Horne Charitable Foundation. The first scholarships will be awarded this fall to students studying theater, dance, music and fine arts through the college's Fine and Performing Arts Division. "By their gift of funds, the foundation recognizes that the vitality vi·tal·i·ty n. 1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop. 2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. and growth of local arts and cultural institutions are essential to healthy development of the community and its quality of life," said Floyd Moos, dean of fine and performing arts. The scholarships include the Jack Oakie Memorial Award for Excellence in Comedy Script or Screenwriting; the Jack Oakie Memorial Award for Excellence in Directing a Film, Stage or Television Comedy; the Jack Oakie "It's All In Fun" Award for Excellence in Comedic Excellence in Theatre, Stage Acting or Comedic Improvisation improvisation Creation of music in real time. Improvisation usually involves some preparation beforehand, particularly when there is more than one performer. Despite the central place of notated music in the Western tradition, improvisation has often played a role, from the ; and the Jack Oakie "Double Take" for Excellence in Film, Stage or Television Acting. Students also can apply for the Victoria Horne Oakie "Myrtle Mae" Award for Performing Excellence in Stage or Cinema. (Myrtle Mae was Victoria Horne Oakie's character in the 1950 movie "Harvey Harvey, city (1990 pop. 29,771), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb S of Chicago; inc. 1895. Its manufactures include steel castings, metal products, chemicals, machinery, and electronic equipment. Harvey has an oil research center. The city was founded by Turlington W. .") Applicants must watch and write a brief synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. of a Jack Oakie film, explaining what they might have done differently had they been the screenwriter, director or a specific actor. Students applying for the "Myrtle Mae" award are also encouraged to watch one of Victoria Horne Oakie's films. Oakie came to Hollywood in 1927. His career by that time already included vaudeville vaudeville (vôd`vĭl), originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. , Broadway musicals and appearances in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of films. In Hollywood, he made 87 pictures, most of them comedies or musical comedies, over which period he perfected his trademark comic triple-take. His career included such films as "Once in a Lifetime," "Million Dollar Legs" and "It Happened Tomorrow." For information about the scholarships, call the College of the Canyons Foundation at (661) 362-3434. |
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